Dragonfly's Amazing Abilities

Dragonflies are among the fastest of all insects, having been clocked at over 60 miles an hour. Fossils tell us that before the flood, some dragonflies had a wingspan of nearly 3 feet.

Not only are they fast, but they’re strong too. About half of their body mass is devoted to flight muscles, and they have the ability to lift more than twice their body weight, a feat that no man-made aircraft has ever come near. They can take off backwards, then accelerate at warp speed, then stop in an instant.

They can also execute an unbanked turn as if on a pivot, somersault in the heat of combat and fly virtually any maneuver using an infinite combination of its 4 wings. Not only can the Dragonfly outmaneuver anything else on wings, it can see better too. Its wrap-around compound eyes contain over 30,000 lenses providing a 360 degree field of view. In fact, a dragonfly can see a gnat 3 feet away, dart from its nest, seize and devour the prey and return to its perch all in about 1 second.

In addition, the success rate when hunting is nearly a hundred percent, where compared to like a peregrine falcon or a lion, it’s 25 percent. The US Air Force has studied the amazing flight versatility of dragonflies and wind tunnels, hoping to uncover the secret of their incredible aerodynamic abilities. Yet, the extraordinary flying ability and seeing ability of dragonflies doesn’t match up with some characters in the Bible, Pastor Ross.